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David Conrad

The World

David Conrad is a freelance journalist and doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. David was a summer Google journalism fellow at The World in 2014.

David Conrad is a freelance journalist and doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication.  David was a summer Google journalism fellow at The World in 2014.

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Who is the doctor who paved the way to prison for Purvi Patel?

Medicine

The doctor who initially called police to report his child abuse suspicions of Purvi Patel is listed as a member of a pro-life medical association. Patel was charged with child neglect and later with killing her fetus, and she was sentenced to 20 consecutive years in prison. This makes her the first woman in the US to be convicted and sentenced fon “feticide” charges for ending her own pregnancy.

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After Nigeria, could voters boot other African leaders?

Global Politics
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A few surprising facts about women — and one myth that won’t go away

Lifestyle
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Thousands march in memory of boy killed by police; Turkey expands police powers

Justice
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Justice
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‘You set our hearts ablaze:’ Horrific murder draws men in miniskirts onto streets of Turkey

Justice

Public reaction to violence against women in Turkey tended to involve women’s organization alone. That changed over the weekend, as Turkish men — many dressed in miniskirts — protested, alongside women, in Istanbul in the wake of the brutal murder of 20-year-old Özgecan Aslan.

A man selling handwoven rugs in the city of Quetta, in western Pakistan. While the “war rugs” are in demand in Western countries, their value in the local Pakistani market is very low.

‘Their brutal killing machines are always under our feet’ — Pakistan’s war rug weavers speak out

Culture

In recent weeks, Western media outlets have run pictures of rugs from Pakistan featuring drone images. It’s part of a long-standing tradition of “war rugs” featuring designs of the weapons of the day, but no one had spoken to the weavers themselves — until now.

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Floods, blizzards, droughts, and dust storms: The week in perspective

Environment

This graphic doesn’t begin to encapsulate the tragic particularities of recent weather events and conflicts around the world, but it brings my commute to work — and hopefully yours — into a bit of perspective.

Here’s an explanation about why there’s a backlog of immigration cases

Justice

US immigration courts face major bottlenecks. It’s a complex problem, tied to a shortage of judges, underfunding and different enforcement programs in the US used to deter migrants from crossing the US-Mexico border. And on top of all that, data shows that people from Central America and Mexico are less likely to get asylum than others.

Flying around Ukraine

Airlines face a major challenge flying around Ukraine — it’s huge

Conflict & Justice

How big of a country is Ukraine? Well, flying around it is the same as flying to Springfield, Illinois, because of a crash in Philadelphia. It’s that big. How big of a country is Ukraine? Well, flying around it is the same as flying to Springfield, Illinois, because of a crash in Philadelphia. It’s that big.